Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.23.15
प्रायेणार्था: कदर्याणां न सुखाय कदाचन ।
इह चात्मोपतापाय मृतस्य नरकाय च ॥ १५ ॥
prāyeṇārthāḥ kadaryāṇāṁ
[praayenaarthaah kadaryaanaam]
na sukhāya kadācana
[na sukhaaya kadaachana]
iha cātmopatāpāya
[iha chaatmopataapaaya]
mṛtasya narakāya ca
[mritasya narakaaya cha]
Word-for-word
prāyeṇa
—
generally
arthāḥ
—
items of wealth
kadaryāṇām
—
of those who are misers
na
—
do not
sukhāya
—
lead to happiness
kadācana
—
at any time
iha
—
in this life
ca
—
both
ātma
—
of himself
upatāpāya
—
result in the torment
mṛtasya
—
and of him when he has died
narakāya
—
in the attainment of hell
ca
—
and.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
prāyeṇārthāḥ kadaryāṇāṁ
prāyeṇa
generally
arthāḥ
items of wealth
kadaryāṇām
of those who are misers
na sukhāya kadācana
na
do not
sukhāya
lead to happiness
kadācana
at any time
iha cātmopatāpāya
iha
in this life
ca
both
ātma
of himself
upatāpāya
result in the torment
mṛtasya narakāya ca
mṛtasya
and of him when he has died
narakāya
in the attainment of hell
ca
and.
Generally, the wealth of misers never allows them any happiness. In this life it causes their self-torment, and when they die it sends them to hell.
Purport
A miser is afraid to spend his money even for obligatory religious and social duties. Offending God and people in general, he goes to hell.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Generally, the wealth of misers never allows them any happiness. In this life it causes their self-torment, and when they die it sends them to hell.
They go to hell because they do not perform daily or periodic rites out of fear of spending their money.
Personal Guidance
Misers' wealth gives them no happiness — self-torment here and hell after. The double cost is named.
Reflection Questions
- Where does miserliness in me cause torment without giving joy?
- What loosening would help?
My note
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